1Like, 1Prayer! It’s hard to move forward when you don’t know where you’re headed or why. God’s plan gives us the answers to life’s most basic questions like, "Where did I come from?" "What’s my purpose here?" And, "What happens when I die?" Knowing the answers gives us hope and helps us find peace and joy, but we can't deny the fact that one thing that makes this life so hard sometimes is that we’re out of God’s physical presence. Not only that, but we can’t remember our pre-earth life which means
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Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views By James K. Beilby and Paul R. Eddy Eds. Student Name: Kevin M. Polito Student Number: 1516105 Essential Christian Doctrine 1 Spring 2013 – Lewis Word Count: 3,054 Introduction: A necessary and timely book “Throughout the history of the church, Christians have discussed the nature and content of God’s divine foreknowledge” So, rather innocuously, begins the introduction to the text under review. Recently, these “discussions” have become more
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Response Paper H. J. McCloskey Article Shawna Upchurch Liberty University Summer 2015 PHIL 201-D18 H.J. McCloskey had written an article called On Being an Atheist that was publish on February, 1968. In this article he speaks about if God is real. Even though we cannot see God in person does that mean he is not real? There are some that does not have a belief in God even those there is no proof stating there is not a God. This does not mean that one should not listen to others then they try
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Everyone wants to be perfect. The real question is what is perfect? Some might say that perfect is being tall or skinny or maybe even short or smart. Genetic engineering would be a way to make people become their own idea of perfect. If one wishes to change features or their logical abilities, then they do not trust the way god made them. God makes us the way we are for a reason, he is the one who decides what perfect is. Perfection is in the eye of the beholder. God makes each human in His own
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statements do not contradict or are inconsistent of one another. This defense does not underline the power, mercy, and goodness of God. Davis makes a compelling argument when he says, “Nor am I attracted to any ‘solution’ that denies God’s omnipotence-e.g., that says that God is not powerful enough to prevent evil” (Davis 74). Free will is great because it helps people to realize there is something bigger about God that we don’t understand, but it fights to understand evil without degrading God
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avoidable suffering and evil. The logical form of the problem of evil basically says that it is logically impossible for God and evil to co-exist. A common theistic belief is that perhaps evil exists to in order provide mankind an opportunity to cultivate moral virtues. Many theists will claim that evil has occurred because mankind was allowed to have a free will. There are many theistic arguments out there that attempt to explain why God allows evil. However, it is not necessary to try to explain why God
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St. Anselm was an archbishop of Canterbury who lived from 1033-1109. He is the originator of the ontological argument, which he discusses further into the Proslogion. The first version of the argument, which is the original version, states various facts and statements about the greatest possible being, which is God. The fact is it is a conceptual truth, meaning true and respective to the definition, that God is a being than which non greater can be imagined, being that God is the greatest possible
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In this video, we learn about the ideas behind the argument from desire. In the video, the argument of desire can be explained as such, every natural or innate desire must correspond to some objective state of affairs that fulfills it. For example, the video uses the idea of food and hunger. In other words, hunger corresponds to food as thirst corresponds to drink. Together the desire harmonizes with the state of affair which fulfills it. We all have the desire for a perfect fulfillment of things
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Meaning is relevant and significant for an interpretative task. Basically, obtaining a meaning of a biblical context is not determined by any grammatical analysis or definitions. Thiselton warns that an author who may trap into an intentional fallacy for achieving his goal. Therefore, an interpreter must take note of this warning and try to analyse his work carefully. Meaning is theoretical, however, it is presumed ‘somehow connected to reality or reflects reality vary in focus because they define
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Perhaps there has never been a more broad and persistent influence in the world of philosophy and religion as Pantheism. “Pantheism is the philosophy of the religious consciousness of India, affirming that there is no God apart from nature, and that everything in nature must be considered as a part, or manifestation of God. Pan means all and Theos means God. Pantheism then, implies all is God and God is all.” Though Pantheism has had some negative effects on the religious world, there are some positive
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